R A Montante, Ph.D. via Dng said on Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:43:56 -0400

> From The Register this morning:
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>>         Age checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB field

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>> Flatpak may be next, and the lobbying behind it is raising eyebrows
>> <https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/24/foss_age_verification/?td=rt-3a>
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>Cue a stampede to Devuan?

First, kudos on reporting this correctly: systemd is getting a DOB
field, not "systemd now requires DOB".

Second, I find it amusing that the addition of a field, which as far as
I know doesn't even need to be populated, is what finally got people to
pay attention. Not the overcomplexification. Not the blackboxism. Not
the "all your computing belongs to us" tude. Well, I guess whatever
makes them understand :-)

Third, knowing systemd, soon they'll incorporate aged.

SteveT

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